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John Petersen lives in Ventura, California. Inuit Qajaqs, Unangan Iqyax, Greenland and Aleutian paddles.
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Wolfgang Brinck lives in Alameda, California. He built his first traditional Greenland style kayak in 1987. He researches Aleutian history and is the author of The Aleutian Kayak.
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A native workshop and kayak school run by Brian Schulz in the Oregon coastal town of Manzanita.
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Cheri and Turner live in Connecticut. They have extensive Greenland skills and run traditional skills clinics.
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Alison L. Sigethy dropped her successful job for training to compete in the Greenland National Kayak Championships held in July 2006, in Sisimiut.
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Corey Freedman is a foremost baidarka builder in Anacortes, Washington.
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Anders Thygesen, a prominent Norwegian paddler and an arts and crafts teacher, runs excellent kayak and paddle building courses.
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Baldvin Kristjansson, Jens Peter Kielsen and Karl Isaksen build native kayaks and lead expeditions in Qaqortoq, South Greenland.
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Martin Nissen, a Bcu Level 4 sea coach turned to the Dark Side, is based in København, Denmark.
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Helen Wilson lives in Arcata, California. Helen competed in the 2008 Greenland National Kayaking Championship held in Qaqortoq, and received first place medals in individual rolling, group rolling and the distance harpoon throw.